Grandparenting
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- $99.00 USD
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Modern grandparenting is different.
Grandparents & Extended Family Support is an organized online course for updated baby care, safe infant sleep, starting solids, infant safety, postpartum support, boundaries, and communication. Most grandparents want to help — this course is about understanding what feels supportive now, without walking on eggshells or becoming one more thing new parents have to manage.
$99 · 24 lessons · 2+ hours · 15+ downloads · 12 months access
Instant access · Self-paced · Can be added to another course for $39 · HSA/FSA eligible
Baby care guidance has changed a lot since your own kids were small — sleep, feeding, car seats, even what counts as "helpful" have shifted. This course gets you caught up without judgment, and helps with the trickier parts of the new dynamic: communication, boundaries, and knowing when to offer advice versus when to just show up. The goal isn't to do everything the same way you did. It's to stay close, helpful, trusted, and connected.
What's inside the course
Your New Role
Understand how grandparenting has changed, and how to be helpful without stepping on toes.
Communication + Boundaries
Talk through expectations and boundaries with warmth, so you can support your child without added tension.
Updated Baby Care
Get up to speed on today's guidance for feeding, sleep, birth, and postpartum recovery — it's changed since your kids were babies.
Everyday Safety
A practical refresher on table safety, home safety, and infant CPR and choking response.
You also get a Grandparent Guide, conversation prompts, a Helping vs. Helpful resource, flexible sleep routines, starting solids support, a CPR and choking rescue refresher guide, and recommended resources for relationships, safety, and support.
"The Grandparent class was a nice refresher. It brought back memories from 30 years ago when my son was just a baby. I especially enjoyed the helping vs. helpful session — the stress buffer and stress amplifier concepts helped me understand how to interact and when to offer advice."
— Sheila P.
Who this is best for
- Expecting grandparents who want to feel prepared before baby arrives
- Grandparents who want updated baby care, safety, sleep, feeding, and postpartum guidance
- Extended family members who will help care for the baby
- Long-distance grandparents who want to stay connected and supportive
- Parents who want a kind, practical course to share with their own parents or in-laws
Bonus reads
Explore our favorite reads for modern grandparents:
Who teaches this?
This course was created by the Nurtured Nest team — educators, healthcare professionals, parenting specialists, and real parents — with expertise in baby care, family support, safety, feeding, sleep, postpartum wellbeing, and communication.
Meet the educator team →
Have a question along the way? Send it through the platform or by email, any time during your 12-month access. We route it to the educator whose background fits best, and you'll hear back within 24 hours.
A quick note: This course is online family education and does not replace medical care, emergency care, an in-person CPR certification course, or individualized guidance from your family's healthcare provider. For urgent health or safety concerns, contact the baby's healthcare provider or seek emergency care.
Is a new parent in your family also expecting or newly home with baby? They might love the Complete Bundle — birth prep, baby care, safety, and sleep, all in one place. Take a look →
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How it works after you buy
After checkout, you’ll get access to the online course library. Start with the lessons that matter most right now, download any included tools, and come back anytime during your access period.
Get access after checkout and begin with the lessons that feel most useful now.
Watch or listen to the videos, download included guides, checklists, worksheets, or quick-reference resources.
Revisit the course when a new question or stage comes up. Send specific questions directly to our team.
Take a quick look inside Grandparents & Extended Family Support.
Modern grandparenting should feel connected, not confusing. Here’s a peek at how the course helps grandparents understand updated baby care, communication, boundaries, postpartum support, safety, and how to help without overstepping.
Communicating expectations
Watch how we teach real-life communication in a warm, practical way so grandparents can support the new family without guessing, pushing, or walking on eggshells.
Not a course that tells grandparents they did everything wrong.
This course helps bridge what has changed — in baby safety, sleep, feeding, postpartum care, and family expectations — without making anyone the villain. The goal is more trust, less tension, and support that actually feels supportive.
A look at the grandparent resources included.
The downloads are there for the moments when you want a conversation starter, a support plan, or a practical tool to help your growing family feel cared for instead of managed.
Grandparent Postpartum Support
A practical guide for supporting new parents after birth with help that protects rest, lowers stress, and respects the parents’ routines and needs.
Preview the guide →Grandparent Chats
Conversation prompts to help grandparents and parents talk through expectations, boundaries, visits, caregiving, safety, and what support will actually feel helpful.
Preview the guide →Helping vs. Helpful
A framework for noticing the difference between support that lowers the load and support that accidentally creates more pressure for new parents.
Watch before baby arrives
Get familiar with updated baby care, postpartum support, safety, and family expectations before everyone is tired and figuring it out in real time.
Revisit before visits
Come back before babysitting, overnight visits, starting solids, travel, or new family conversations that need a little more care.
Share with family
Use the lessons and downloads to help grandparents, partners, in-laws, and extended family get on the same supportive page.
A quick note: Grandparents & Extended Family Support is online family education. It does not replace medical care, emergency care, an individualized safety evaluation, or an in-person CPR certification course. For urgent health or safety concerns, contact the baby’s healthcare provider or seek emergency care.
You do not have to know every new rule overnight. You just need clear guidance, practical tools, and a way to stay close while supporting the parents with respect.
They wanted to help. This gave them the confidence to do it well.
"The Grandparent class was a nice refresher. It brought back memories from 30 years ago when my son was just a baby. I especially enjoyed the helping vs. helpful session — the stress buffer and stress amplifier concepts helped me understand how to interact and when to offer advice."
Frequently Asked Questions
A few details about what is included, who this course is for, and how Grandparents & Extended Family Support helps families with modern baby care, safety, communication, boundaries, postpartum support, and staying connected.
What is included in Grandparents & Extended Family Support?
Grandparents & Extended Family Support is an online grandparenting course with expert-led lessons and practical downloads for updated baby care, family roles, communication, boundaries, postpartum support, safe infant sleep, starting solids, home safety, and caregiving confidence.
You also get tools like the Grandparent Guide, Grandparent Chats, Helping vs. Helpful resources, postpartum support guidance, safety downloads, sleep downloads, car seat safety support, an infant CPR and choking rescue refresher guide, and recommended resources for relationships, safety, mental health, and support.
Who is this course for?
This course is for grandparents, step-grandparents, extended family members, and trusted caregivers who want to support a growing family with more confidence and less confusion.
It is also helpful for parents who want a kind, practical way to share updated baby care, safety, sleep, feeding, and communication guidance with their own parents or in-laws.
When should grandparents take this course?
Anytime. Many grandparents take it during pregnancy so they feel prepared before baby arrives, while others start after the baby is here and they are helping more often.
The course is useful whether you are becoming a grandparent for the first time, welcoming another grandchild, supporting from far away, or simply updating what you learned years ago.
How do I help without overstepping boundaries?
The course helps you understand your new role as grandparent: deeply important, but different from being the parent.
You will learn how to support without taking over, ask before offering advice, respect household routines, communicate expectations clearly, repair miscommunication, and build trust with the parents while building a meaningful relationship with your grandchild.
What has changed in baby care and safety since I raised my children?
A lot has changed, especially around safe sleep, car seat safety, starting solids, choking prevention, medication storage, babyproofing, and how families think about postpartum support.
This course explains updated recommendations in a practical, respectful way so you can provide safe care without feeling like everything you did before was wrong. It is about staying current, not being criticized.
Does this cover safe sleep, CPR, choking rescue, and home safety?
Yes. The course includes current safe infant sleep guidance, current sleep guidelines, flexible routines, home safety, kitchen safety, living room safety, falls, bathrooms, medications, gun safety, and an infant CPR and choking rescue refresher guide.
This course is online family education. It does not replace emergency care, medical advice, an individualized safety evaluation, or an in-person CPR certification course.
Does this cover starting solids, baby-led weaning, and car seat safety?
Yes. The course includes introducing solids, purees vs. baby-led weaning, safety at the table, and the philosophy behind different feeding approaches.
It also includes car seat safety support so grandparents can better understand how recommendations have changed. If you will be transporting your grandchild, we recommend having your car seat installation checked by a certified child passenger safety technician when possible.
Does this cover postpartum support and mental health?
Yes. The course includes postpartum changes, supporting your child after birth, and recognizing perinatal mood disorders.
You will learn what may be normal, what may need more support, and how to approach concerns with care instead of judgment. The goal is to help you become a stress buffer, not a stress amplifier.
Can my spouse or partner watch too, and how long do we have access?
Yes. One purchase can be used by your household, so both grandparents can watch and get on the same page around baby care, safety, communication, routines, and the parents’ expectations.
You get 12 months of access, so you can revisit lessons and resources before baby arrives, after baby is here, before visits, and as new family questions come up.
Still wondering if this is the right fit? Visit our full FAQ page, send your specific question to help@nurturednest.org, or browse our free parent education blog to get a feel for how we teach.
Ready when you are
The goal is not to do everything the same. It is to stay close.
Grandparents & Extended Family Support gives you short lessons, practical downloads, and updated guidance for modern baby care, safe infant sleep, starting solids, infant safety, postpartum support, communication, boundaries, and helping without overstepping.
$99 standalone · $39 add-on with select courses · Included in the Complete Bundle · 12 months access · HSA/FSA receipt available · 15-day guarantee